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The following is a timeline of the History of Madrid, history of the city of Madrid, Spain.
* 1601 – Court of Philip III of Spain, Philip III moves from Madrid to Valladolid.
* 1605 - Cervantes' novel ''Don Quixote'' published.
* 1606 – Court of Philip III returns to Madrid.
* 1613 – Palace of the Councils, Madrid, Palace of the Councils built.
* 1616 – Real Monasterio de la Encarnación inaugurated.
* 1619 – Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Plaza Mayor laid out; Casa de la Panadería built.
* 1633 – Church of San Antonio de los Alemanes built.
* 1636 – Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Royal Alcazar built.
* 1637 – Buen Retiro Palace built.
* 1643 – Santa Cruz Palace, Madrid, Palacio de Santa Cruz built.
* 1644 - Funeral of Elisabeth of France (1602–1644), Isabel de Borbón.
* 1661 – ''Gazeta de Madrid'' begins publication.
* 1664 – San Isidro Church, Madrid, San Isidro Church built.
* 1672 – Premiere of Juan Vélez de Guevara, Guevara–Juan Hidalgo de Polanco, Hidalgo's zarzuela ''Celos Hacen Estrellas''.
* 1706 – City occupied by Portuguese.
* 1713 – Royal Spanish Academy founded.
* 1714 – Biblioteca Nacional de España, Real Biblioteca del Palacio formed.
* 1734 – Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Royal Alcazar burns down.
* 1737 – Royal Academy of Pharmacy, Real Colegio de Profesores Boticarios established.
* 1738 – Real Academia de la Historia founded.
* 1743 – Teatro de la Cruz renovated.
* 1751 – Compañía Guipuzcoana de Caracas headquartered in Madrid.
* 1752 – Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando founded.
* 1755 – Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, Real Jardín Botánico founded.
* 1756 – built.
* 1766 – Esquilache Riots.
* 1767 – Buen Retiro Park opens.
* 1774 – (zoo) opens.
* 1778 – Puerta de Alcalá inaugurated.
* 1782 – built on Plaza de Cibeles.
* 1784 – San Francisco el Grande Basilica built.
* 1790 – Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Plaza Mayor reconstructed.
* 1798 – Royal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida built. Population: 170,000
* 1902 – Real Madrid C.F. (football club) founded.
* 1903 – Madrid Symphony Orchestra formed.
* 1905 – Parque del Oeste inaugurated.
* 1909 – Cibeles Palace built.
* 1910
** Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales established.
** Residencia de Estudiantes founded.
* 1911
** Cuatro Vientos Airport opens.
** Metropolis Building inaugurated.
* 1912 – Hotel Palace opens.
* 1916 – Market of San Miguel constructed.
* 1919 – Madrid Metro, Metro begins operating.
* 1920 - Population: 750,896.
* 1922 – Monument to Alfonso XII inaugurated.
* 1923 – Teatro Monumental (theatre) built.
* 1924
** Line 2 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
** Hotel Florida (Madrid), Hotel Florida opens.
** National Museum of Romanticism (Madrid), National Museum of Romanticism inaugurated.
* 1925 – Teatro Pavón (theatre) opens.
* 1928 - Catholic Opus Dei founded.
* 1929
** Gran Vía (Madrid), Gran Vía constructed.
** opens.
* 1930
** Muñoz Seca Theater, Teatro Munoz Seca (theatre) opens.
** built.
* 1931
** City Spanish Constitution of 1931, designated capital of Second Spanish Republic, Spanish Republic.
** Madrid-Barajas Airport, Airport begins operating.
** Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain) headquartered in Madrid.
* 1932 – Museo Sorolla and Cine Proyecciones (cinema) inaugurated.
* 1934 – Museum of the Spanish Village formed.
* 1935 – House-Museum of Lope de Vega and Cine Madrid-Paris (cinema) open.
* 1936
** November: Siege of Madrid begins.
** Line 3 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
* 1939
** March: Siege of Madrid ends; Francoist Spain, Nationalists in power.
** Capital of Francoist Spain, Spanish State relocated to Madrid from Burgos.
* 1940
** Spanish National Orchestra founded.
** Population: 1,088,647.
* 1941 – Museum of the Americas (Madrid), Museum of the Americas founded.
* 1944
** Carabanchel Prison built.
** Museum Cerralbo opens.
** Line 4 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
* 1946 – Estadio Santiago Bernabéu opens.
* 1949 - Cine Pompeya (cinema) opens.
* 1950 – Lope de Vega Theater, Madrid, Lope de Vega Theater opens.
* 1951 – Museum of Lázaro Galdiano opens.
* 1954 - Cine Benlliure (cinema) opens.
* 1956 - Real Madrid wins first 1955–56 European Cup, European Cup.
* 1960 - Population: 2,259,931.
* 1965 – RTVE Symphony Orchestra formed.
* 1966 – Estadio Vicente Calderón opens.
* 1967 – Flag of the City of Madrid, City flag design adopted.
* 1968
** Autonomous University of Madrid established.
** Line 5 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
* 1969 – Comillas Pontifical University relocates to Madrid.
* 1970 - Population: 3,146,071.
* 1971 – Technical University of Madrid formed.
* 1972
** Zoo Aquarium de Madrid, Zoo Aquarium built.
** Temple of Debod installed.
* 1973 – Operación Ogro.
* 1974 - Line 7 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
* 1975 – La Movida Madrileña.
* 1976 – Torres de Colón built.
* 1977 – 1977 Massacre of Atocha, Massacre of Atocha.
* 1978
** Sabatini Gardens open.
** Centro Dramático Nacional created.
* 1979
** Line 6 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
** Windsor Tower (Madrid), Windsor Tower built.
* 1980 - Line 9 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
* 1981 – Museo del Aire (Madrid), Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica founded.
* 1982 – City hosts 1982 FIFA World Cup.
* 1983
** Almudena Cathedral consecrated.
** November: Avianca Flight 011 accident.
** December: Alcalá 20 nightclub fire.
* 1984 – Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra formed.
* 1987 – Community of Madrid Orchestra founded.
* 1988 – National Auditorium of Music inaugurated.
* 1989 – ''El Mundo (Spain), El Mundo'' begins publication.
* 1990 - in business.
* 1991
** City hosts Israeli–Palestinian Madrid Conference of 1991, peace conference.
** Population: 2,984,576.
* 1992
** Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum open.
** Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and Juan Carlos I Park established.
* 1994 – Festimad music festival begins.
* 1996 – Gate of Europe and Islamic Cultural Center of Madrid built.
* 1997 – Teatro Real reopens.
* 1998 - Line 8 (Madrid Metro) and Line 11 (Madrid Metro) begin operating.
* 2001 - City named World Book Capital by UNESCO.
* 2002 – Madrid Arena opens.
* 2003
** Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón becomes the new mayor, succeeding José María Álvarez del Manzano.
** Manzanares Park inaugurated.
** Line 12 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
* 2004
** March: 2004 Madrid train bombings, Train bombings.
** Museo del Traje established.
* 2005
** Windsor Tower (Madrid), Windsor Tower suffers a major fire and becomes demolished afterwards.
** June: Demonstration against ETA (separatist group), ETA.
** Madrid–Toledo high-speed rail line begins operating.
** Forest of Remembrance dedicated.
** Madrid Ballet established.
* 2006
** Art Madrid (Spain), Art Madrid contemporary art fair begins.
** Teatro Valle-Inclán opens.
** December: 2006 Madrid-Barajas Airport bombing, Airport bombing.
* 2007 – Metro Ligero begins operating.
* 2008
** Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line begins operating.
** Spanair Flight 5022 crash.
** CaixaForum Madrid, Caixa Forum opens.
** Torre PwC, Torre Caja Madrid, Torre de Cristal (Madrid), Torre de Cristal, and Torre Espacio built.
** Saturday Night Fiber music festival held.
* 2009 – Population: 3,264,497.
* 2011
** anti-austerity movement in Spain, 15-M Movement protests.
** inaugurated.
** Ana Botella becomes the new Mayor of Madrid, City Mayor after Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón resigns.
* 2012
** May: Economic protest.
** November: Anti-austerity protests.
* 2013 – September: Madrid bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics, 4th bid for the Summer Olympic Games fails.
* 2015
** March: inaugurated.
** May: Madrid City Council election, 2015, City Council election held; Manuela Carmena elected mayor.
* 2021
** January: 2021 Madrid snowstorm, Snowstorm
** January: 2021 Madrid explosion, Explosion
File:Plano de Madrid Antonio Mancelli 1622-1635.jpg, ~1622-1635
File:Pedro Teixeira Albernaz (1656) Madrid.png, 1656
File:Plano de Madrid hacia 1705.jpg, 1705-1706
File:Plano-de-Matthaus-Seutter-1730.jpg, 1730
File:Madrid - Plano de 1762.jpg, 1762
File:Plano_topográphico_de_la_Villa_y_Corte_de_Madrid_al_Excmo._Sr._Conde_de_Aranda,_Capitán_General_de_los_Exércitos_y_Presidente_del_Consejo,_de_Antonio_Espinosa_de_los_Monteros.jpg, 1769
File:Plano de Madrid 1785 de Tomas-Lopez.jpg, 1785
File:Plano_retiro.jpg, ~1813
File:Madrid_1831.jpg, 1831
File:Plano_de_Madrid,_1848,_de_Francisco_Coello.jpg, 1848
File:Plano_del_Ensanche_de_Madrid-1861.jpg, 1859
File:Plano_de_Madrid_de_1866,_de_Jos%C3%A9_Pilar_Morales.jpg, 1866
File:Guia_del_plano_de_Madrid_y_sus_contornos_en_1877.jpg, 1879
File:Karte_Madrid_MKL1888.png, 1888
File:Hoja3_Plano_FacundoCL.jpg, 1900
File:Distritos y barrios de Madrid (1929).jpg, 1929
File:Hoja-especial-25-Madrid-1975.jpg, 1975
File:Hoja-especial-25-Madrid-1982.jpg, 1982
File:Hoja-especial-25-Madrid-1992.jpg, 1992
File:Hoja-especial-25-Madrid-2000.jpg, 2000
File:Hoja-especial-50-Madrid y su entorno-2012.jpg, 2012 (includes metropolitan area)
File:Hoja-especial-25-Madrid-2015.jpg, 2015
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Prior to 17th century
* Prehistory: Quaternary period or Lower Paleolithic- First archaeological signs of human occupation * Roman period: mansion or staging-post (Miacum) established * 5th century AD – archaeological remains reported in 2007 indicate Visigoth occupation * 9th century – Muhammad I of Córdoba ordered the construction of an Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Alcazar * 1085 – Alfonso VI of León and Castile takes the city in the Reconquista. * 1339 – Treaty of Madrid secures collaboration between Aragon and Castile * 1499 – **Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Cardinal Cisneros founded the Complutense University. **Fernando de Rojas publishes La Celestina in Madrid * 1500 - Global spread of the printing press, Printing press in operation. * 1505 – San Jerónimo el Real built. * 1526 – Treaty of Madrid (1526), Treaty of Madrid signed. * 1537 – Casa de Cisneros (Madrid), Casa de Cisneros built. * 1547 - Birth of Miguel de Cervantes, later a Spanish writer. * 1559 – Convent of Las Descalzas Reales founded. * 1561 ** Court of Philip II of Spain, Philip II moves to Madrid. ** Population: 20,000. * 1562 - Anton van den Wyngaerde draws a . * 1584 – Bridge of Segovia (Madrid), Bridge of Segovia built.17th century
* 1601 – Court of Philip III of Spain, Philip III moves from Madrid to Valladolid.
* 1605 - Cervantes' novel ''Don Quixote'' published.
* 1606 – Court of Philip III returns to Madrid.
* 1613 – Palace of the Councils, Madrid, Palace of the Councils built.
* 1616 – Real Monasterio de la Encarnación inaugurated.
* 1619 – Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Plaza Mayor laid out; Casa de la Panadería built.
* 1633 – Church of San Antonio de los Alemanes built.
* 1636 – Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Royal Alcazar built.
* 1637 – Buen Retiro Palace built.
* 1643 – Santa Cruz Palace, Madrid, Palacio de Santa Cruz built.
* 1644 - Funeral of Elisabeth of France (1602–1644), Isabel de Borbón.
* 1661 – ''Gazeta de Madrid'' begins publication.
* 1664 – San Isidro Church, Madrid, San Isidro Church built.
* 1672 – Premiere of Juan Vélez de Guevara, Guevara–Juan Hidalgo de Polanco, Hidalgo's zarzuela ''Celos Hacen Estrellas''.
18th century
* 1706 – City occupied by Portuguese.
* 1713 – Royal Spanish Academy founded.
* 1714 – Biblioteca Nacional de España, Real Biblioteca del Palacio formed.
* 1734 – Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Royal Alcazar burns down.
* 1737 – Royal Academy of Pharmacy, Real Colegio de Profesores Boticarios established.
* 1738 – Real Academia de la Historia founded.
* 1743 – Teatro de la Cruz renovated.
* 1751 – Compañía Guipuzcoana de Caracas headquartered in Madrid.
* 1752 – Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando founded.
* 1755 – Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, Real Jardín Botánico founded.
* 1756 – built.
* 1766 – Esquilache Riots.
* 1767 – Buen Retiro Park opens.
* 1774 – (zoo) opens.
* 1778 – Puerta de Alcalá inaugurated.
* 1782 – built on Plaza de Cibeles.
* 1784 – San Francisco el Grande Basilica built.
* 1790 – Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Plaza Mayor reconstructed.
* 1798 – Royal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida built. Population: 170,000
19th century
* 1808 – Dos de Mayo Uprising. * 1812 – Peninsular War, Wellington takes city from the French. * 1817 – Royal Factory of La Moncloa, Moncloa Porcelain Factory in operation. * 1819 – Museo del Prado established. * 1830 ** Madrid Royal Conservatory, Royal Conservatory of Music founded. ** creates a scale :es:Anexo:Vistas de Madrid, model of the city. * 1831 – Bolsa de Madrid founded. * 1832 - Lhardy patisserie in business. * 1835 – Ateneo de Madrid founded. * 1836 ** Biblioteca Nacional de España, Biblioteca Nacional established. ** Complutense University of Madrid, Literary University relocates to Madrid. * 1840 – Monumento a los Caidos por España (Madrid), Monumento a los Caidos por España inaugurated. * 1843 – Museo Naval de Madrid inaugurated. * 1850 – Teatro Real opera house opens. * 1851 – Estación de Mediodía inaugurated. * 1856 ** Teatro de la Zarzuela opens. ** (school) founded. * 1864 – Grand Hôtel de París, Hotel Paris opens. * 1866 – Sociedad de Conciertos de Madrid founded. * 1867 – National Archaeological Museum of Spain established. * 1868 – City walls dismantled. * 1869 - Jardín Zoológico established. * 1874 – Bull ring constructed on Plaza de Toros. * 1875 – Museo Nacional de Antropología (Madrid), Museo Nacional de Antropología inaugurated. * 1877 – Population: 397,816. * 1884 – Cementerio de la Almudena established. * 1885 ** Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid, Roman Catholic diocese of Madrid established. ** Theatre of María Guerrero built. * 1887 ** Café Comercial in business. ** Palacio de Cristal built. ** Population: 472,228. * 1888 – Café Gijón opens. * 1891 - Bank of Spain Building completed. * 1892 – Historical American Exposition held. * 1893 – Royal Mint (Spain), Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre formed. * 1900 – Population: 539,835.20th century
* 1902 – Real Madrid C.F. (football club) founded.
* 1903 – Madrid Symphony Orchestra formed.
* 1905 – Parque del Oeste inaugurated.
* 1909 – Cibeles Palace built.
* 1910
** Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales established.
** Residencia de Estudiantes founded.
* 1911
** Cuatro Vientos Airport opens.
** Metropolis Building inaugurated.
* 1912 – Hotel Palace opens.
* 1916 – Market of San Miguel constructed.
* 1919 – Madrid Metro, Metro begins operating.
* 1920 - Population: 750,896.
* 1922 – Monument to Alfonso XII inaugurated.
* 1923 – Teatro Monumental (theatre) built.
* 1924
** Line 2 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
** Hotel Florida (Madrid), Hotel Florida opens.
** National Museum of Romanticism (Madrid), National Museum of Romanticism inaugurated.
* 1925 – Teatro Pavón (theatre) opens.
* 1928 - Catholic Opus Dei founded.
* 1929
** Gran Vía (Madrid), Gran Vía constructed.
** opens.
* 1930
** Muñoz Seca Theater, Teatro Munoz Seca (theatre) opens.
** built.
* 1931
** City Spanish Constitution of 1931, designated capital of Second Spanish Republic, Spanish Republic.
** Madrid-Barajas Airport, Airport begins operating.
** Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain) headquartered in Madrid.
* 1932 – Museo Sorolla and Cine Proyecciones (cinema) inaugurated.
* 1934 – Museum of the Spanish Village formed.
* 1935 – House-Museum of Lope de Vega and Cine Madrid-Paris (cinema) open.
* 1936
** November: Siege of Madrid begins.
** Line 3 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
* 1939
** March: Siege of Madrid ends; Francoist Spain, Nationalists in power.
** Capital of Francoist Spain, Spanish State relocated to Madrid from Burgos.
* 1940
** Spanish National Orchestra founded.
** Population: 1,088,647.
* 1941 – Museum of the Americas (Madrid), Museum of the Americas founded.
* 1944
** Carabanchel Prison built.
** Museum Cerralbo opens.
** Line 4 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
* 1946 – Estadio Santiago Bernabéu opens.
* 1949 - Cine Pompeya (cinema) opens.
* 1950 – Lope de Vega Theater, Madrid, Lope de Vega Theater opens.
* 1951 – Museum of Lázaro Galdiano opens.
* 1954 - Cine Benlliure (cinema) opens.
* 1956 - Real Madrid wins first 1955–56 European Cup, European Cup.
* 1960 - Population: 2,259,931.
* 1965 – RTVE Symphony Orchestra formed.
* 1966 – Estadio Vicente Calderón opens.
* 1967 – Flag of the City of Madrid, City flag design adopted.
* 1968
** Autonomous University of Madrid established.
** Line 5 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
* 1969 – Comillas Pontifical University relocates to Madrid.
* 1970 - Population: 3,146,071.
* 1971 – Technical University of Madrid formed.
* 1972
** Zoo Aquarium de Madrid, Zoo Aquarium built.
** Temple of Debod installed.
* 1973 – Operación Ogro.
* 1974 - Line 7 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
* 1975 – La Movida Madrileña.
* 1976 – Torres de Colón built.
* 1977 – 1977 Massacre of Atocha, Massacre of Atocha.
* 1978
** Sabatini Gardens open.
** Centro Dramático Nacional created.
* 1979
** Line 6 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
** Windsor Tower (Madrid), Windsor Tower built.
* 1980 - Line 9 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
* 1981 – Museo del Aire (Madrid), Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica founded.
* 1982 – City hosts 1982 FIFA World Cup.
* 1983
** Almudena Cathedral consecrated.
** November: Avianca Flight 011 accident.
** December: Alcalá 20 nightclub fire.
* 1984 – Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra formed.
* 1987 – Community of Madrid Orchestra founded.
* 1988 – National Auditorium of Music inaugurated.
* 1989 – ''El Mundo (Spain), El Mundo'' begins publication.
* 1990 - in business.
* 1991
** City hosts Israeli–Palestinian Madrid Conference of 1991, peace conference.
** Population: 2,984,576.
* 1992
** Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum open.
** Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and Juan Carlos I Park established.
* 1994 – Festimad music festival begins.
* 1996 – Gate of Europe and Islamic Cultural Center of Madrid built.
* 1997 – Teatro Real reopens.
* 1998 - Line 8 (Madrid Metro) and Line 11 (Madrid Metro) begin operating.
21st century
* 2001 - City named World Book Capital by UNESCO.
* 2002 – Madrid Arena opens.
* 2003
** Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón becomes the new mayor, succeeding José María Álvarez del Manzano.
** Manzanares Park inaugurated.
** Line 12 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
* 2004
** March: 2004 Madrid train bombings, Train bombings.
** Museo del Traje established.
* 2005
** Windsor Tower (Madrid), Windsor Tower suffers a major fire and becomes demolished afterwards.
** June: Demonstration against ETA (separatist group), ETA.
** Madrid–Toledo high-speed rail line begins operating.
** Forest of Remembrance dedicated.
** Madrid Ballet established.
* 2006
** Art Madrid (Spain), Art Madrid contemporary art fair begins.
** Teatro Valle-Inclán opens.
** December: 2006 Madrid-Barajas Airport bombing, Airport bombing.
* 2007 – Metro Ligero begins operating.
* 2008
** Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line begins operating.
** Spanair Flight 5022 crash.
** CaixaForum Madrid, Caixa Forum opens.
** Torre PwC, Torre Caja Madrid, Torre de Cristal (Madrid), Torre de Cristal, and Torre Espacio built.
** Saturday Night Fiber music festival held.
* 2009 – Population: 3,264,497.
* 2011
** anti-austerity movement in Spain, 15-M Movement protests.
** inaugurated.
** Ana Botella becomes the new Mayor of Madrid, City Mayor after Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón resigns.
* 2012
** May: Economic protest.
** November: Anti-austerity protests.
* 2013 – September: Madrid bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics, 4th bid for the Summer Olympic Games fails.
* 2015
** March: inaugurated.
** May: Madrid City Council election, 2015, City Council election held; Manuela Carmena elected mayor.
* 2021
** January: 2021 Madrid snowstorm, Snowstorm
** January: 2021 Madrid explosion, Explosion
Evolution of the Madrid map
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18th century
19th century
20th century
21st century
See also
*List of mayors of Madrid *History of Madrid *Madrid capitalReferences
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